This is TVNewser’s fundamental cable community ranker and cable information report for the week of August 25, 2025.
MSNBC was the one community with any progress in both of the 2 measured classes, with positive aspects in the entire day Adults 25-54 demo. Outside of that, it joined its fellow cable networks in registering declines in primetime with complete viewers and the demo, in addition to throughout complete day with complete viewers. The week main as much as the Labor Day vacation and the weekend previous it are sometimes durations of low viewership, as persons are having fun with the shut of the unofficial summer season season.
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According to Nielsen dwell plus same-day knowledge for the week of August 25, Fox News averaged 2.081 million complete viewers and 218,000 A25-54 viewers throughout primetime. The community was down -14% in complete viewers and -13% in the demo in comparison with the week prior (the week starting August 18).
Fox News averaged 1.383 million complete viewers and 151,000 A25-54 viewers in complete day viewing. Based on its common in these measurements from the earlier week, it was additionally down -9% in complete viewers and -12% in the demo.
Fox News remained in first and moved as much as second place in complete primetime and demo viewers, respectively. During complete day, it remained in first place in complete viewers and was in the No. place 2 in the entire day demo.
MSNBC, in primetime, averaged 738,000 complete viewers and 67,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo for the week that simply concluded. The community skilled an -8% loss in complete viewers and a -14% loss in the demo in comparison with its common the week prior throughout primetime.
During complete day, MSNBC averaged 494,000 complete viewers and 47,000 demo viewers. This represented a -4% drop in complete viewers, but it surely noticed a +4% achieve in the demo (the one community with any constructive momentum) in comparison with the community’s common the week prior.
Among all fundamental cable networks, MSNBC remained in third place in complete primetime viewers and at No. 17 in the demo. During complete day, it additionally remained in third place in complete viewers and moved as much as thirteenth place in the entire day demo.
NCS averaged 362,000 complete primetime viewers and 69,000 A25-54 viewers in the demo throughout primetime for the week of August 25. It was down -18% in complete viewers and -7% in the demo in comparison with the earlier week.
In complete day, the community had 314,000 complete viewers and 50,000 viewers in the demo. This resulted in an -8% loss in complete viewers and a -6% loss in the demo throughout this daypart.
Among all cable networks, NCS fell from sixth to eleventh place in complete viewers and completed in the No. 16 place in the demo throughout primetime. During complete day, it remained in fourth place in complete viewers and at No. 11 in the demo.
